TomJ

I use solvent free UHU. It seems to work. Don’t use normal UHU - it dissolves the foam!

14 hours ago, Blandford1969 said:

It is which is why it is so good for our carriage works.

Thabks for the comment. I’m assuming you’re involved with the SVR. Perhaps you might be able to answer a couple of questions about it. 
 

There seem to be two wooden lifts on the yard side, one huge and one derelict. Are they both original or is the large one a SVR addition?

Also are the end doors original or recent? Are they rollers or slide doors. Or do they swing open - inwards or outwards?

Thanks

I can imagine it’s a superb carriage works. Can’t wait to visit again when we are allowed. I didn’t quite realise the scale till I measured it up on google maps. It seemed to be about 250ft

Having assembled the four sides and a platform two things occur to me...

Firstly it’s massive! Far bigger than I imagined, but I think it’ll have that urban ‘presence’ 

Secondly with the number of windows and large door openings the interior is too clearly obvious, even if painted black. So I need to fit brick interior walls, if only roughly

After my station based on Kidderminster SVR I am addicted to Scalescenes! I love the fact that you get all the arches and decorations that really enhance a building. 
 

A discussion about parcel handling let to a pic of Kidderminster goods shed, now in use as the SVR C&W workshop. I was looking for a large urban goods shed so this was ideal 

(photo from geography.org with permission to reuse)

I used Google Maps to estimate the size - I didn’t realise how big it was. It’s almost 250ft or 50cm in N. That’s considerably more than a printed A4 brickwork sheet. So it’s scaled down a bit. Finding photos of the rail side was really hard so it’s a bit estimated. 

Its my now usual method of construction - brickwork printed onto Matt photographic paper, layered for the arches etc and mounted on foam board. So far I’ve made all four walls and starting on the windows. This is testing my sanity so doing a few at a time

The yard side - with the first windows fitted

The rail side which shoes the scale of this!

The thing I love about this is it’s all made from stuff I have at home so needs no special equipment. Work as an ITU dr has been rather hectic recently so a few minutes on these when I get home is a great antidote. Almost mindfulness! 

Perfect. Thanks everyone

Warship it is then 

If you could pick one as representative which one would it be??

My proposed layout is a city terminus and through route in a fictional Devon city (cross between Exeter and Plymouth) set towards the end of WR steam in 1960. I’ve got most of the steam fleet and a Dapol 22. I have the funds (and authorisation) for one more diesel. Which one should I go for? Hymek, Warship or Western? Which one would have been more commonly seen?

Thanks - you can tell steam is more my area of knowledge 

Loving seeing the progress on here. Great photos. After all the years of prevarication there’s actually track laid and everything!

A bit of a bump as I’ve actually built it now. Pretty much finished except for detailing like chimney pots and so on. That’ll have to wait till the model shops and shows open. I’ve really enjoyed detailing the concourse

Thanks for all the help and suggestions. With plenty of photos, google earth and the drawings from the planning application I had a pretty good idea of the dimensions. It’s not a scale model, I’ve shortened the wings where the refreshment rooms and shops are and the canopy is a representation. But I’m happy with it

More importantly my toughest critic (my 10yr son) said it was awesome!!

Thanks so much for all this information. What is also equally astonishing is that my station building is inspired by the SVR at Kidderminster, with the canopy roof and all! So this is really useful information

A bit more work has been done on the station and now the roofs are mainly complete (a couple need glueing in place), as is the canopy. This is just loosely balanced at present on so I can still work on the concourse 

I also mocked up some platforms out of foam board to get a feel of how it would all fit together, where the gates should be etc. I think it’s rather got the look of a suburban terminus now

Not sure if I can include the platform benches and shelter on here because they’re made of plasticard!

Also considered whether I should run the headshunt past the station - a bit like the old Fort William. It’ll give an extra coach length of storage but might look a little contrived?

Next job is to complete the concourse so I can attach the canopy 

That's an amazing find. Clearly answers quite a few of my questions

This forum never fails to astonish me. Thanks

Here's a link to the thread I started earlier about the coal traffic from Kingswear. It might be useful

I'm sure there's an obvious answer and I'm overthinking this! But I'm wondering how parcels and mail traffic was unloaded and transferred to Lorry/van at smallish stations. The ones where there wasn't a specific parcels depot. I'm considering a Minories layout, with parcels handled on the main platforms. Prob set in the 1960s

Would vans and lorries come on to the platform? Would a platform cope with the weight, and what about all the platform furniture, benches etc? Or would the parcels etc be unloaded onto barrows and carts to be wheeled through to the car park/road outside? That seems easier but a lot more labour intensive.

Just trying to get the little details right, because if its the first case then I need someway of vehicles getting on to the platform other than going through the booking office!

Thanks

AFAIK the coal landed at Kingswear was just for Torquay gasworks. I started a thread in the Railways of Devon section about it. I believe it came from Yorkshire rather than South Wales. I guess there must have been coal trains to the other locations in the South West

The good news is that in my hospital at least whilst things are very challenging we are coping well - and my night shift wasn’t as busy as feared. So time for a little modelling

For a change from the station I’ve started work on the canopy. Early in the week a package of girders and trusses arrived from York Models. These have been assembled to make the framing. It’s far from an accurate copy but I think it captures the impression. 

Heres a couple of pictures. It’s just loosely balanced on to give an impression 

Stay safe everyone!

A day off has seen some progress! Two roofs done (overlapping Scalescenes slates) and the others cut out and loosely laid on, ready for the slates

Ive also added the base of the concourse and a Scalescenes newsagents kiosk. Given how small and fiddly this was I dread to think what the ticket kiosk will be like! But it’s definitely coming together. Back to work tomorrow so progress will slow a bit!

That’s brilliant! And really shows off the layout. More please!

My layout is set in Cornwall in the early 60s (last throes of steam) is milk is an obvious traffic. I’ve acquired a few of the Dapol N gauge six wheeled tanks on a variety of liveries - blue IMS, silver express Dairies and the white United Dairies. 
Ive no idea how these relate to my chosen period - which livery would be seen and would a train consist of identical liveried tanks, or as it picked up from different dairies would they vary?

On every picture I’ve seen they’re just filthy with no discernible colour, but it would be nice to get the base colour correct!

Thanks

Half an hour winding down from work last night resulted in me attempting the roof. As I said the maths got too complex so I’ve resorted to measuring plus trial and error. The end wings with their high turret roof are the most complex and the key because they attach to everything

The roofs are just lightly attached with PritStick to see how it fits. Not quite there but not bad for a first attempt and i now know which ones to adjust

Let’s try again....

10 hours ago, The Johnster said:

There may even be one or two still functioning, but domestic coal is normally sourced from petrol stations or even supermarkets nowadays.  Are there any opencast or drift coal production sites that do land sales?

Not sure where it comes from but we get our coal from a local coal merchant who either delivers or sells from his yard. It can’t ever have been rail connected - it’s in the middle of the village!

Trying to work out the roof angles!! I knew this would be tricky - but even harder than I imagined  Partly because I’ve shortened the wings, so not an exact copy. Gave up on trying to recall my A-level geometry and gone for measuring, templates trial and error. 
so far it’s not too bad 
 

And a very nice rest day from work. Far better than wearing PPE all day!

Sorry - just realised you’re modelling the present era. Ignore my post!

What is now the marina was a quayside where coal was unloaded from ship to train for transfer to Torquay gasworks. Added to that the long holiday trains and the short carriage sidings I think there would be a lot of operating potential in it. 

Yes - the canopy will be the focal point. It’s a bit simplified but I’ve ordered some bits from York Models for this. 
 

Not sure about the crack in the gents, but there will no doubt be some cracks and wobbles throughout the building!!